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"Mom, I want a Sheaffer Imperial VI!"

"We have a Sheaffer Imperial VI at home."

Sheaffer Imperial VI at home:

(At least it's a Sheaffer!)

After Sheaffer's inlaid nib took off, Sheaffer brought out a less expensive pen that gives the impression of having an inlaid nib without actually having an inlaid nib. Their model names are 500, 800, and 1000, but collectors call them "Dolphins".

TBF it's a good illusion! The nib is a fairly standard shape, just pressed into a hood with a fake metal tail. It might be steel, it might be silver-palladium, no one's entirely sure. But it writes consistently and well.

And the set looks really nice in its box:

Shiny!

The pen is a cartridge filler; they also came in Touchdown. The pencil is in great condition, and the eraser still erases. This may have been a cheap set originally, but I think it makes a nice addition to my collection.

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New pen! a hongdian n9 with a long blade nib in just the most enticing cotton candy trans flag colours.

i love any built in line variety, but the long blade knib definitely shares some of the angle touchiness of the similar architect nib, so there will be an adjustment period.

I filled it with my most pastel ink, sailor's nekoyanagi from their manyo line.

I'm growing to accept that, despite the potential quality and lifetime add of metal, i prefer plastic pen bodies. This resin body is warm, it's thick enough for my nerve grafted hand to hold comfortably, and it's not too heavy. there's something inherently soft about a resin pen body, I really do think they're my favorites so far.

that said, i don't have a turned wood or antler fountain pen and I'm extremely open to falling in love with those too if anyone knows a good one!

anyways, fountain pens! they're good actually. still. of course.

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I’m working on an art project which requires me to swatch a lot of inks by obtaining a lot of samples.

You will all be getting my unsolicited opinions about bottled inks. Here’s a sampler:

Sailor inks are for the rich. Noodler’s did some shit and you shouldn’t support them. I wrote three words in Organics Studio 5 months ago and it’s still smearing on my hands and over everything oh god oh god to this day. Ferris Wheel Press is my nemesis in this life and the previous.